Tuff

Tuff
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	1.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire; from lava	No
Map color (JE)	; 43 TERRACOTTA_GRAY

Tuff is an ornamental rock, occurring in underground ore blobs below Y=0.

Obtaining

Breaking

Tuff drops as an item if mined by any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Tuff
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)^[A]
Default	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Copper	0.45
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

incorrect tool, drops nothing
correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
correct tool, drops the block itself
italicized can be instant mined

↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation

Tuff can generate in the Overworld in the form of ore blobs. Tuff attempts to generate 2 times per chunk in blobs of size 0-864, from elevations -64 to 0, in all biomes. Tuff can replace stone, andesite, diorite, granite, and deepslate. Any ore that generates in tuff becomes its deepslate variety.

Additionally, tuff can generate in large ore veins that consist of iron ore and blocks of raw iron below Y=0.

Generated loot

Item

Structure

Container

Quantity

Chance

Java Edition and Bedrock Edition

Tuff

Trial Chambers

Corridor chest

8–20

28.4%

Supply chest

5–10

20.4%

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Tuff can be crafted into several decorative variants.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Polished Tuff	Tuff	4
Tuff Slab	Tuff	6
Tuff Stairs	Tuff	4
Tuff Wall	Tuff	6

Stonecutting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Cutting recipe
Chiseled Tuff or Chiseled Tuff Bricks or Polished Tuff or Polished Tuff Slab or Polished Tuff Stairs or Polished Tuff Wall or Tuff Brick Slab or Tuff Brick Stairs or Tuff Brick Wall or Tuff Bricks or Tuff Slab or Tuff Stairs or Tuff Wall	Tuff	222

Note blocks

Tuff can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e `tuff` sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.tuff.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.tuff.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.tuff.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
	Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.tuff.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.tuff.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e `tuff` sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`place.tuff`	0.8	1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.tuff`	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`step.tuff`	0.3	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`step.tuff`	1.0	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	`step.tuff`	0.3	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	`step.tuff`	0.12	1.1
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`step.tuff`	0.4	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Tuff	`tuff`	Block & Item	`base_stone_overworld` `deepslate_ore_replaceables` `dripstone_replaceable_blocks` `lush_ground_replaceable` `moss_replaceable` `mineable/pickaxe`	`block.minecraft.tuff`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Tuff	`tuff`	`588`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.tuff.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

Video

History

Announcement

October 3, 2020							Tuff is shown unnamed at Minecraft Live 2020 as part of an amethyst geode.
November 18, 2020							JAPPA tweets an image of an alternate tuff texture.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.17	20w45a	Added tuff.
1.17	20w45a	Tuff generates as part of amethyst geodes.
1.17	21w08a	Tuff no longer generates as part of amethyst geodes and instead generates in patches below Y=0.
	21w11a	Ores that spawn in tuff now convert to their deepslate variant.
	21w15a	Tuff blobs now also generate between Y=0 and Y=16.
	21w15a	Due to Caves and Cliffs being split into two parts, tuff now generates only between Y=0 and Y=16. because the world generation has been reverted and moved to the Caves & Cliffs Prototype Data Pack.
	21w16a	If the prototype data pack is applied to a world, tuff can now generate as part of iron ore veins below Y=0.
1.18	Experimental Snapshot 1	All previous changes to tuff generation from the prototype data pack have now been implemented into the base game.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21	23w43a	Tuff slabs, stairs, and walls have been added behind the "Update 1.21" experimental data pack.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21	23w45a	Tuff can now be found in trial chambers corridor barrels and supply chests.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.17.0.50	Added tuff.
1.17.0	beta 1.17.0.52	Tuff is no longer only available through Experimental Gameplay.
1.18.0	beta 1.18.0.20	Tuff blobs are now able to generate below Y=0.^[1]
1.18.0	beta 1.18.0.20	Increased the size of tuff blobs.
1.20.50 Experiment Update 1.21	Preview 1.20.50.22	Tuff slabs, stairs, and walls have been added behind the "Update 1.21" experimental toggle.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21	Preview 1.20.60.20	Tuff can now be found in trial chambers corridor barrels and supply chests.

Issues

Issues relating to "Tuff" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

All of the variants of tuff.

Development images

Development version of the tuff texture.
Ditto, but closer to the camera.
A teaser image for tuff, it can be seen in the bottom left corner.

Trivia

In real life, tuff is a strong type of igneous rock which forms from compressed ash resulting from volcanic eruptions, which sees extensive use in Armenian architecture. Tuff in Minecraft is somewhat similar, with the texture representing that of a rough, uneven surface which appears to be the result of volcanic ash formation.

References

↑ MCPE-141452 — Deep caves below y=0 don't have tuff patches — resolved as "Fixed".

External links

Block of the Week: Tuff – Minecraft.net on September 10, 2021

Navigation

[breakingtimenote-1] These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

[bedrock-item-id-2] ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.

[bedrock-give-available-3] Available with /give command.

[bedrock-item-form-4] The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

[5] MCPE-141452 — Deep caves below y=0 don't have tuff patches — resolved as "Fixed".

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[i 1]

[i 2]

[i 3]

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v t e Tuff
Tuff	Block Slab Stairs Wall Chiseled
Bricks	Block Slab Stairs Wall Chiseled
Polished	Block Slab Stairs Wall